Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Name7G GF Father Yerger 
Research notes for 7G GF Father Yerger
17 Apr 1759. Tobias Juerger married Catharina Saenger at St Michaels, Germantown (on film 823996).
My Comments notes for 7G GF Father Yerger
Our earliest known Yerger ancestor, the immigrant of this line, was Peter Yerger. I do not know the name of his father. But I believe I know the names of two or three of his brothers and the information I have about each of them helps complete the sketch I can provide about Peter. So simply as a device to be able to have Peter and his brothers in my family tree, I begin this line with “Father” Yerger.
From the records of the New Hanover Lutheran Church, we learn the names of Peter Yerger’s assumed older brothers: Martin and Vert (sometimes Veit). We know that Peter had a brother named Vert because he said so in his will. So it is a guess, but I believe a reasonable one, that Martin, whose age would place him between Vert and Peter, was also a brother.
• Then there is Jurg (George) Yerger who was named once in those early church records. Was he also a brother? It turns out he wasn’t, because I found an early document wherein Vert pronounced that he sometimes went by the name George.
• And in addition to Vert, Peter also named another brother in his will: John. And John indeed was named in court records and appointed Executor of Peter’s estate. But who was John? There is one mention of John in the early church records, a man of that name died in 1795 and was said to be 74 years old, thus born about 1721. This must be John.
From the records of the New Hanover Lutheran Church, we learn the names of Peter Yerger’s assumed older brothers: Martin and Vert (sometimes Veit). We know that Peter had a brother named Vert because he said so in his will. So it is a guess, but I believe a reasonable one, that Martin, whose age would place him between Vert and Peter, was also a brother.
• Then there is Jurg (George) Yerger who was named once in those early church records. Was he also a brother? It turns out he wasn’t, because I found an early document wherein Vert pronounced that he sometimes went by the name George.
• And in addition to Vert, Peter also named another brother in his will: John. And John indeed was named in court records and appointed Executor of Peter’s estate. But who was John? There is one mention of John in the early church records, a man of that name died in 1795 and was said to be 74 years old, thus born about 1721. This must be John.